³ It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets that are hearts of flesh.

⁸ how will the ministry of the spirit^[a] not be much more glorious?

⁹ For if the ministry that brought condemnation has glory, the ministry that brought righteousness has even more glory.

¹⁸ But all of us who reflect the Lord’s glory with an unveiled face are being transformed into his own image, from one degree of glory to another. This too is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

¹⁷ “Sanctify them by the truth. Your word is truth.